Where does “ไก่” come from?
ไก่ (Thai) comes from Proto-Tai kajᴮ, from Middle Chinese 雞.
ไก่ (Thai): fowl; domesticated fowl, as chicken, turkey, etc;...
Definitions
- fowl; domesticated fowl, as chicken, turkey, etc;...
Ancestry of “ไก่”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Tai | kajᴮ | chicken |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | 雞 | — |